Evolution of words used in the State of the Union address by president. Each column shows terms distinctive to a third of a year. Size indicates frequency; order characteristicness.
1789-1793 1793-1797 1797-1801 1801-1805 1805-1809 1809-1813 1813-1817 1817-1821 1821-1825 1825-1829 1829-1833 1833-1837 1837-1841 1841-1845 1845-1849 1849-1850 1850-1853 1853-1857 1857-1861 1861-1865 1865-1869 1869-1873 1873-1877 1877-1881 1881-1885 1885-1889 1889-1893 1893-1897 1897-1901 1901-1905 1905-1909 1909-1913 1913-1917 1917-1921 1921-1923 1923-1925 1925-1929 1929-1933 1933-1937 1937-1941 1941-1945 1945 1945-1949 1949-1953 1953-1957 1957-1961 1961-1963 1964-1965 1965-1969 1969-1973 1973-1974 1974-1977 1977-1981 1981-1985 1985-1989 1989-1993 1993-1997 1997-2001 2001-2005 2005-2009 2009-2013 2013-2016 provision united commissioners laid shall british enemy spain powers 000 general bank public government mexico california country states constitution union states states claims silver secretary silver 000 gold islands man law department shall war conditions 000 000 000 relief democracy war war dollars world program world new poverty tonight new energy energy soviet spending freedom 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